IPod Touch 2nd gen in recovery mode, stuck in "waiting for iPod..."

Before posting this topic, I did some searching for the same problem that I had, but I noticed that no one had the exact same problem as me. Most people get error messages in the middle of their restoring or something, but I don't get any error messages at all. The progress bar on my itouch would be full, and it'd stay like that for hours. When I restart my ipod THEN would a message pop up saying I have the (9) error..
Please help!

I am also having the same problem after trying to upgrade yesterday. I have uninstalled ITune and reinstalled and still have the same problem. Do anyone have any ideas on how to fix this problem so I can use my IPod?

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